ARTHIST 2DF3 Study Guide - T. S. Eliot, Blic
10 Dec 2014
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Relevant background: as he grew up, eliot got used to the two sides of life in st. louis. He saw the poorer people of st. louis living in its muddy streets. Title: a prelude is a short piece of music that introduces a longer piece of music. In music a prelude is sometimes referred to as an overture. In writing a short introductory piece is often called a preface; as poetry is a form of music made with words, preludes is perhaps a more appropriate title. Preludes was written in 1915 and published in an anthology titled prufrock and other. Observations , including poems: portrait of a lady, rhapsody on a windy night, morning at the window, eliot published these short poems in a book of poetry that contained long poems about city life. Overview: note that the overall impression of the poem is impressionistic and collage like.
